Dean MacLanders 🍁
@dmaclanders.bsky.social
Technologist, photographer, maker, baker, progressive.
This changes everything
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
This changes everything
It went extra innings of game 7 in the world series. It takes 2 amazing teams to do that. A microgram of luck decided the winner. Both teams won if you ask me. Unfortunately there is only enough trinkets for one of them.
November 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It went extra innings of game 7 in the world series. It takes 2 amazing teams to do that. A microgram of luck decided the winner. Both teams won if you ask me. Unfortunately there is only enough trinkets for one of them.
We released it as a tracer gas in fume hood containment tests. It went right up the stack. 25 years since I was involved with that so I'm not sure if they still do. ASHRAE-110 was the test standard.
October 17, 2025 at 9:10 AM
We released it as a tracer gas in fume hood containment tests. It went right up the stack. 25 years since I was involved with that so I'm not sure if they still do. ASHRAE-110 was the test standard.
Oh!, I see. I've accidentally learned something else today 😁
October 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Oh!, I see. I've accidentally learned something else today 😁
Oh, I don't know. I don't follow. I think I saw this on random sports television in a bar a few years ago and have been giggling about the name ever since.
October 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Oh, I don't know. I don't follow. I think I saw this on random sports television in a bar a few years ago and have been giggling about the name ever since.
A few years ago I accidentally learned the name of the championship series for this sport. It may be worse. Doesn't help that it's sponsored by a sausage company.
October 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A few years ago I accidentally learned the name of the championship series for this sport. It may be worse. Doesn't help that it's sponsored by a sausage company.
There is no race to orbit the moon.
September 24, 2025 at 12:10 AM
There is no race to orbit the moon.
Welcome to my tinnitus!
September 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Welcome to my tinnitus!
I spent a couple of weeks on a job in Sydney about 20 years ago and was informed by someone in a pub, so I assume reliably, that the Cape Breton accent is due to the fact that Capers are just Newfoundlanders who ran out of money on their way to Toronto 😜
August 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I spent a couple of weeks on a job in Sydney about 20 years ago and was informed by someone in a pub, so I assume reliably, that the Cape Breton accent is due to the fact that Capers are just Newfoundlanders who ran out of money on their way to Toronto 😜
I've worked with several Newfoundlanders in my life and have found they lose, or don't use?, that accent unless talking to other Newfoundlanders. When they get going amongst themselves it is almost incomprehensible to my ears (I grew up in Ontario)...
August 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I've worked with several Newfoundlanders in my life and have found they lose, or don't use?, that accent unless talking to other Newfoundlanders. When they get going amongst themselves it is almost incomprehensible to my ears (I grew up in Ontario)...
I am 61 today and would share a similar list but mine is getting a little too existential (as yours may) for what should be a day to celebrate. Happy birthday to us!
August 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I am 61 today and would share a similar list but mine is getting a little too existential (as yours may) for what should be a day to celebrate. Happy birthday to us!
It's as easy to call Ford a totalitarian on this issue. This is their choice.
July 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
It's as easy to call Ford a totalitarian on this issue. This is their choice.
The wiki has coordinates if you want to paste into a map app. East shore: 49°42'2"N 116°51'59"W. The beach was a popular place for nomads to stay. Clothing optional if I recall. But there wasn't many people there in September.
July 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The wiki has coordinates if you want to paste into a map app. East shore: 49°42'2"N 116°51'59"W. The beach was a popular place for nomads to stay. Clothing optional if I recall. But there wasn't many people there in September.
There was power lines crossing the lake. Over 3km span. It was the longest span in North America at the time. The beach is below the pilons on the east shore, between Kootenay bay and Riondel. Can't find it on map but found a wiki on the power lines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kootena...
Kootenay Lake Crossing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
There was power lines crossing the lake. Over 3km span. It was the longest span in North America at the time. The beach is below the pilons on the east shore, between Kootenay bay and Riondel. Can't find it on map but found a wiki on the power lines. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kootena...
I camped on power lines beach for 2 weeks in 1989. I'm travelling western Canada this year and might go through that area. Perhaps I'll have a nostalgia and have a look for that beach.
July 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I camped on power lines beach for 2 weeks in 1989. I'm travelling western Canada this year and might go through that area. Perhaps I'll have a nostalgia and have a look for that beach.
The only thing standing in the way is politic(ian)s. Where I am in Ontario, Canada, we're on track to install 3GWh of grid storage this year. And that's with a anti-renewable conservative provincial gov. The previous gov. brought in time-of-use billing, which makes a business case for storage.
July 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The only thing standing in the way is politic(ian)s. Where I am in Ontario, Canada, we're on track to install 3GWh of grid storage this year. And that's with a anti-renewable conservative provincial gov. The previous gov. brought in time-of-use billing, which makes a business case for storage.